Civic lessons for an informed electorate

It’s that time of year again.The yard cards are popping up like lawn mushrooms, the campaign commercials are flooding the airwaves like “My Pillow” ads and every day my mail carrier re-ruptures his hiatal hernia lugging sacks of glossy slate mailers from mail box to mail box.Excited? No?There are nearly as many theories about voter apathy as there are actual voters, with everything from election fatigue to dodging jury duty fingered as the culprit. We’ve tried Rocking the